The Band's Visit - Something Different Lyrics

"Something Different" is a song performed by Katrina Lenk (Dina) and Tony Shalhoub (Tewfiq) from The Band's Visit the musical.

DINA:Is this a hymn?Is this a love song?Something ancient by a poetMaybe Hafiz, maybe Rumi?

Is he singing about two hearts searching in the darkness?Or is he singing about fishing?

The tune seems sad, but are the words sad?What's he saying?Is he praying?And why do the words get to me?

Is he lonely? Maybe reaching out for someone?Look at me. Maybe I'm the one who's fishing

Every day you stare to the west, to the southYou can see for miles, but things never changeThen honey in your ears, spice in your mouthNothing's as surprising as the taste of something strange

And here's this manRight here beside meKind of deep and kind of cuteIn his Sergeant Pepper suit

Is this my sheikh?Is this my Omar Sharif?

Well, I know it's something different

TEWFIQ:Itgara'a...

[They sing together]

DINA:Who is this man right here beside me?Closer by an inch or two, my cheek would touch his earWhat is he thinking? What does he wish for?Is he singing about wishing?

Something new I've never seen beforeThrough these walls I build, these gates I protectSomething new I didn't notice I was hoping forNothing is as beautiful as something that you don't expect

Look at those handsThose are not young handsBut they move like they are swimming through the musicThrough the musicAnd I don't know what I feelAnd I don't know what I knowAll I know is I feel something different